21.  But this nexus of politics, covert action, show biz and organized crime was indisputably news.

22.  By autumn, the CIA began intercepting radio transmissions and phone calls of Bosnian leaders bragging about American covert actions to supply them with arms.

23.  Convinced that the administration is not serious about covert action, some congressional leaders have supported open military assistance to Iraqi dissidents groups.

24.  Covert political action became a fad, the answer to every kind of problem, and American agents became as ubiquitous and busy as communist agents.

25.  Congress has become increasingly wary of such plans for covert action that appear to have been made without regard for how they fit into broader U.S. foreign policy goals.

26.  Covert action is a secret operation intended to change the course of events abroad.

27.  Did U.S. covert action inadvertently provoke the Japanese to attack the United States?

28.  Every covert action of this sort requires a presidential finding, which is typically secret.

29.  Few details of the new covert action plan, which officials say was approved by Clinton earlier this year, are known.

30.  He argued for the use of covert political action to foil communist attempts to take over a country whether or not there was a request for help.